Function and Molecular Mechanism of Acetylation in Autophagy Regulation
Function and Molecular Mechanism of Acetylation in Autophagy Regulation
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乙酰化在自噬调控中的作用及分子机制
DOI:
10.1126/science.1216990
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发表时间:
2012-04-27
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
Yu, Li
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作者:
Yi, Cong;Ma, Meisheng;Yu, Li
Acetylation and Autophagy Autophagy allows cells to digest their own components when necessary to survive stressful conditions. Lin et al. (p. 477) and Yi et al. (p. 474) describe signaling mechanisms in mammalian cells and yeast, respectively, by which autophagy is regulated by protein acetylation. In mammalian cells deprived of serum, the acetyltransferase TIP60 was activated by phosphorylation by the protein kinase GSK3 (glycogen synthase kinase 3). TIP60's target appeared to be a protein kinase central to autophagy regulation, ULK1. This activating pathway was required for autophagy in the absence of serum, but was not needed for autophagy in cells deprived of glucose. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae starved of nitrogen, another acetylation mechanism was uncovered. Starvation led to activation of the histone acetyltransferase Esa1, which acetylated the protein Atg3, a key component of the autophagy machinery, thus increasing its interaction with another autophagy protein, Atg8. The acetyltransferase TIP60 functions specifically to promote autophagy in cells deprived of growth factors. Protein acetylation emerged as a key regulatory mechanism for many cellular processes. We used genetic analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to identify Esa1 as a histone acetyltransferase required for autophagy. We further identified the autophagy signaling component Atg3 as a substrate for Esa1. Specifically, acetylation of K19 and K48 of Atg3 regulated autophagy by controlling Atg3 and Atg8 interaction and lipidation of Atg8. Starvation induced transient K19-K48 acetylation through spatial and temporal regulation of the localization of acetylase Esa1 and the deacetylase Rpd3 on pre-autophagosomal structures (PASs) and their interaction with Atg3. Attenuation of K19-K48 acetylation was associated with attenuation of autophagy. Increased K19-K48 acetylation after deletion of the deacetylase Rpd3 caused increased autophagy. Thus, protein acetylation contributes to control of autophagy.